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Where am I? Corpus Christi Tx

Where am I? Corpus Christi Tx

Single Perkins diesel. 12 kW Onan genet. Electric flush fresh water heads. Prince electric range. 12/120v refrigerator. Bimini. Radar. Gorman 10 inch chart plotter. This yacht is our home but we are planning to move back to the ranch so it must go. It needs tlc but it is sound mechanically...

Hi, I am putting together my yacht clubs New Years Eve Party and Ding I just had an idea. Our club usually makes a toast to cruisers in different times zones as the night progress. This year I would like for our club to join others VIA Skype as they toast the new year in their time zone. Please...

I second Keith's recomendation of Mariners Weather Handbook and find it easy to understand. I also recomend Oceanography and Seamanship (Van Dorn)

The rumors I heard while in Demopolis was that the Defever had a rather heavy motorcycle on the flybridge and the fuel tanks were low. This would explain the capsizing. Has anyone heard the same?

On my sailboat I installed a push button along with spring loaded key switch. I did this after the key switch stuck when I did not know it. I found out when smoke filled the cabin.

Join a yacht club. You will gain many new friends who are into boats. Ask questions. Make friends with your local book store and learn, learn, learn. Used books are great for anything except for electronics for the most part. Keep in mind that man has been working for centuries perfecting...

The mile 14 RR bridge will have the river shut down from the 27th through the 2nd. Would this make it a good time to make the trip south from Demopolis to Mobile, planning for to get to the bridge right about the 2nd? How much traffic goes out into Mobile Bay and how much goes to industry on the...

I am interested in how this Defever capsized. I have followed many tows before and wake has never been a problem. They can sometimes creat quite a turblance behind them. Asides from bottoming out from the water getting pushed out by the tow I just dont see this happening. Also the first reports...

On my sailboat I have broadband radar. its good for up close and uses half of the electricity. It is also safe to mount near people. I single hand on long crossings so it and my ais transponder are great to have.

I installed 1250v's. Both od them were from ebay.

The tow company bought my boat the next day though I was too stressed to have asked for a fair price. There was no coast guard hearing. Hurricane Ike had just hit Houston and they were so busy the Coast Guard had to hire a crew boat to take them to us. They did say that if the first set of...

We used closed cell foam in our house and it is great. It will reduce sweating also. Keep in mind that all of the built in furnature*creates air spaces that helps insulate the boat.

This is my brush with death: After 6 days of motoring the ICW I was in sight of Texas. There was a rock Jetty on the north bank and I was on that side of the canal. I saw a 6 unit barge turn into the canal from the south and I thought it was headed my way. No problem, I had passed many barges...

Both of our marine a/c units do not work. I figured until I get around to fixing then I would buy two 99 dollar window units. They work good and I see no need to hurry and fix the marine units.

the steering was not consistant in how it worked. I have two new helms on now and it works great

We did the Tombigbee from Mobile to Demopolis in June. There is a railroad bridge with a 52 ft clearance.

When I do a crossing or off shore trip I have a simple policy, until my boat or body washes ashore dont get excited. I carry a SPOT and try to send messages twice a day around the same times. The SPOT does not always work and on my last voyage I found it did not work in bad weather. It is...

since we are on the subject there is a bridge on the icw in Aransas Pass that is 48ft. There is also an alternative icw that goes around it.

I would like to store a hard dinghy on the deck above the aft cabin on our Defever *40 trawler. *Please give me suggestions on how to make brackets to mount it. Will I need to drill through the cabin top/ deck? Or could I epoxy some brackets on? I want it to be sturdy but dont want to invite...

get the CPL and serial numbers off of the plate on the from left side of the engine. Call you cummins parts dept and they can look it up. Better yet see if they offer that online.

We use to keep a clipboard handy to lay over the intake. You can also crack the injector lines till it dies.

Yikes